# A couple of things to say here....

Posted by Matt (93SE) on September 13, 2003 at 13:28:24: In Reply to: Damn I should know better than that posted by MIKE on September 13, 2003 at 13:09:34: 1. don't worry about the 1-2mm of pad above the rotor. As Jeff and you have both stated, that's normal given the caliper was designed for a much smaller rotor. It won't hurt anything. 2. Jeff. you were talking about a stepped bracket.. It's not hard at all. You can do it yourself. When I made the brackets for the 13" rotors on mine, I had to do a stepped one also. I ended up going the easy way out and just cut some small squares of material for spacers and drilled holes in them. basically bigarse washers. it's not pretty, but it works for initial fittment issues. someday I'll get around to making a better bracket- probably when I make it out of aluminum instead of steel. it'll save over 1lb of unsprung weight on each wheel. the other option on it is to cut the X-Y axis shape into a flat piece of material (wood for prelim uses is great. I did the same and it works fine.) When you've got the shape in there, use some thinner pieces of wood like 1/8" masonite or something and draw the pattern on it. then cut it in half so that you get the stepped part on there and less unsprung weight. When you've got all that done, take it to a metal fab shop and have them cut the pieces for you. (I had them cut the pieces to general shape with a cutting torch, then I used a grinder and file to get them "perfect") problem was I couldn't find anybody willing to do it with aplasma cutter for the price I was willing to pay. so once you've got all your pieces together, stick some bolts through it to hold everything together and have the shop put a bead of weld around the stepped edge. they're not going anywhere now, and you've got a stepped bracket. :) If you gots any questions, I'll be in and out most of the day. still workin on this damn steering rack. got the old one out and joints swapped over to the new one, but I gotta fight the new one back in now. fun stuff. I'm gonna be PISSED if this doesn't fix the problem! I've replaced everything else in the steering system already. Replys:

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: 1. don't worry about the 1-2mm of pad above the rotor. As Jeff and you have both stated, that's normal given the caliper was designed for a much smaller rotor. It won't hurt anything. : 2. Jeff. you were talking about a stepped bracket.. It's not hard at all. You can do it yourself. When I made the brackets for the 13" rotors on mine, I had to do a stepped one also. I ended up going the easy way out and just cut some small squares of material for spacers and drilled holes in them. basically bigarse washers. it's not pretty, but it works for initial fittment issues. someday I'll get around to making a better bracket- probably when I make it out of aluminum instead of steel. it'll save over 1lb of unsprung weight on each wheel. : the other option on it is to cut the X-Y axis shape into a flat piece of material (wood for prelim uses is great. I did the same and it works fine.) : When you've got the shape in there, use some thinner pieces of wood like 1/8" masonite or something and draw the pattern on it. then cut it in half so that you get the stepped part on there and less unsprung weight. : When you've got all that done, take it to a metal fab shop and have them cut the pieces for you. (I had them cut the pieces to general shape with a cutting torch, then I used a grinder and file to get them "perfect") problem was I couldn't find anybody willing to do it with aplasma cutter for the price I was willing to pay. : so once you've got all your pieces together, stick some bolts through it to hold everything together and have the shop put a bead of weld around the stepped edge. they're not going anywhere now, and you've got a stepped bracket. :) : If you gots any questions, I'll be in and out most of the day. still workin on this damn steering rack. got the old one out and joints swapped over to the new one, but I gotta fight the new one back in now. fun stuff. I'm gonna be PISSED if this doesn't fix the problem! I've replaced everything else in the steering system already.